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July 21, 20I4 (Regular Meeting) Page 2116 With there being no one else to address the Board, Chairman Poole closed that portion of the meeting. Following the informal comments, Chairman Poole announced Lynn Safrit's daughter, Elizabeth, resident of Kannapolis, was crowned Miss United States and will be competing in the Miss World pageant. (E) OLD BUSINESS None. (F) CONSENT (F--1) BOC - Designation of Voting Delegate for NCACC 107th Annual Conference The North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) is requesting each Board of County Commissioners designate a commissioner or other elected official as a voting delegate for the NCACC 107th Annual Conference, to be held on August 14 -17, 2014, in Buncombe County. UPON MOTION of Vice Chairman Burrage, seconded Commissioner Measmer and unanimously carried, the Board approved Commissioner Morris as the voting delegate to represent Cabarrus County at the NCACC 107 Annual Conference to be held August 14 -17, 2014, in Buncombe County. (F -2) Cooperative Extension - Cabarrus County Youth Council Revisions to Bylaws The Cabarrus County Youth Council members voted to recommend revisions to the Bylaws at their November 13, 2012 meeting. Through an oversight at that time, those revisions were never brought before the Board of Commissioners for final adoption_ The changes include: • Increasing the number of "at- large" seats from 2 to 4, to allow better representation from this population of students. • Combining the Member Recruitment and Application committees into one committee. • Adding a Communications committee. • Clarifying a quorum as "half of the membership plus one" • Removing the requirement for a presentation to the Board of County Commissioners at their November and May meetings. UPON MOTION of Vice Chairman Burrage, seconded Commissioner Measmer and unanimously carried, the Board approved the Bylaw changes as presented by the Cabarrus County Youth Council. Cabarrus County Youth Council Bvlaws Background North Carolina 4 -H holds North Carolina 4 -H Citizenship Focus in June each year. 4 -H'ers (ages 14 -19) attend the three day event in Raleigh, participating in citizenship and government workshops. The event culminates with 4 -H'ers visiting legislators at the state capital building. Another component of the program is that 4 -H'ers develop an Action Plan. The plan is to be something that engages the 4- H'er(s) in service that will improve the community, school, county and /or state. This past summer, two youth from Cabarrus County attended the event and developed a plan to implement a Youth Council in the county. The plan goal is "To live in a community that values the opinions of teens and empowers youth to be active citizens." Through Cabarrus 4 -H Citizenship Focus, the county Commissioners and employees have validated the need for educating young people on how county government operates. Commissioner White has been interested in this concept for more than a year and has been discussing possible implementation strategies. The NCACC (North Carolina Association of County Commissioners) has also validated the opinions of young people by determining the top issues facing teens in North Carolina. Congressman Larry Kissell recently established a Congressional Youth Council. The City of Concord Youth Council reports to the City Council. Purpose